The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir O. Pedersen announced today the appointment of Ms. Marianne Gasser of Switzerland as the Head of the Envoy’s office in Damascus. Ms. Gasser brings a wealth of experience in diplomacy, international affairs and human rights, and has had a…

Concludes Interactive Dialogues with the Special Rapporteurs on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and on Freedom of Religion or Belief The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, Maud de…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Uzbekistan on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Experts noted the progress in building a culture of human rights and raised questions about political…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with David. R. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment. It also began an interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related…

President of the Council Announces Measures in Response to COVID-19 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, and started its interactive…

Today, we conducted a one-day inter-agency UN mission across the border from Turkey into northwest Syria where the needs for humanitarian aid and protection are growing more desperate by the day. With nearly one million people displaced in Idlib and surrounding areas since 1 December, the vast…

Reports of Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Central African Republic, Portugal and Dominica, and the Elaboration of Draft General Comment on the Right of Peaceful Assembly on the Agenda The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-eighth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva,…

Concludes General Debate on High Commissioner’s Oral Update and on Country Reports and Updates by the Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on torture…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded today its seventy-fifth session, after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Afghanistan,…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas.…